Mobile gpu and cpu needs for 1080p (fullhd) high settings

[rudyh]

Hi,

I want to buy a new laptop and want to be able to play FA on 1080p settings (medium or high).
Currently I'm running FA with resolution 1600x900 with an i7-2630QM & GT 555M and low settings.

I'm checking out mid range gaming laptops, in other words my budget is tight.

I see i7-4720HQ, i7-6500U, i5-6300HQ and i7-6700HQ processors, will all do the job?
Furthermore I can choose between the build in intel GPU (HD520/HD530) will the work?
Or do I need to look for NVIDIA gpu's? (930m, 940m, 950m, 960m, 970m will they all keep me from lagging?

Maybe it is helpful if somebody can state minimum Average G3D Mark scores (like: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.p ... X+960M&id=) and
minumum Average CPU Mark (http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu ... 40+2.50GHz) which are needed for playing Forged Alliance on HD high settings.

Your input is much appreciated.
Rudy

[IceDreamer]

CPUs are all fine. 950m would be the lowest I'd go. Just for reference, I use a 980m and it runs the game totally maxed, 8*AA, at 1080p and never, ever drops under 60FPS.

[Aulex]

I use 750m and I can play on high settings at 30fps, but it will drop in larger battles. The 950m performs slightly better, but I don't think enough so I'd go 965m and up.

[rudyh]

Ok, so they internal gpu's (hd520/530) are out of the question?

[BRNKoINSANITY]

Yeah, even the newer intigrated graphics will get you medium settings at best with lowish FPS

[IceDreamer]

For these Intel cores, yes. If we were only worried about FPS AMD's APUs have much stronger integrated graphics, but for FAF... Best left unsaid :p

[ZOB]

I would look for a device with one of these http://ark.intel.com/products/88040/Int ... o-3_70-GHz

[rudyh]

@Zob, that one is a bit hard to fit in, into a laptop. It seems more like a desktop cpu.
@All, thanks everyone. I know now that I've to concentrate on finding the best gpu within my budget (and worry less about the cpu, as long as it is i7).

[ZOB]

Err, that is a mobile part, power use is as little as 37w up to 65w.

It has iris pro gfx.

[Morax]

Erm, I have a i5-4670K @ 4.3GHz and 2x GTX 770s in SLI (Asus Z-97 A mobo w/ 8gigs ram) and still see heavy fps drops later on in 1v1 and team games. I don't know what you need to have 60+ fps late-game but probably need the top-performing i7 core OC'ed as much as possible.

The game doesn't support multi-threaded processing so it's better to focus on a CPU with a higher clock speed than anything... A modern, efficient, multi-processing tech won't help with this game.

I even question if SLI was the way to go because of the games age. I'm considering selling my cards for a burly GTX 980 due to this result.